OK, got more info. House hasn't closed yet, and the buyer is definitely purchasing as investment property rather than planning to live here. Which we figured, since duplexes are generally rental property, but there was the chance that they wanted to live in one half and rent the other. There's also a high likelihood the new owner will want to keep us, since we're good responsible tenants who pay our rent on time and so on. The only complication is that the house will probably close in March, and our lease is up 3/31, so there's going to be a certain level of uncertainty. But we'll just live with that.

good luck, Susan. I hope there is as little uncertainty as possible.

The Polk one, actually. OOTC, Fashion Exchange, La Maya, and Bargain Bank are all within 4 blocks of each other, plus there's the awesome hardware store, and I just love that neighborhood. Oh, and MasCara Vintage is only 3 blocks away from that.

Ooooh! We could even do Saturday brunch at the Belltower and then commence to the shopping!

tell me again why I don't live in SF?

I just saw a TV ad for an intimate lubricant mousse. Who knew.

I still marvel at the "warming gel" my nether regions are plenty hot, thank you.

Great.

Because I needed something ELSE in my life to stress about, when I got to daycare to pick AB up, there was a note from her teacher saying she'd had a very rough day. She refused to line up after morning recess to come inside, instead running away. Once she was caught, she refused to walk up the stairs back to the class and had to be carried up, screaming and kicking the teacher the whole time. She refused to take a time out and ran around the room yelling at the teacher. She finally sat down for time out, but then refused to get on her bed for naptime and screamed "No!" and "Leave me alone!" at her teacher.

Apparently this is something that has been building for the past few weeks, which fits with how she's been acting at home. And I don't know what to do about it, because other than giving her a timeout every time and explaining what she did wrong, what CAN you do? I believe that spanking is wrong, but I can understand why people are tempted to do it, because timeouts aren't working.

From earlier post: I would pay to see ND in a Squiward costume.

How much?

DH thinks Annabel is showing incipient signs of his ADHD. I think she's showing my knee-jerk authority issues (which I can remember going back to early childhood). I suppose those aren't mutually exclusive.

How much?

I'm in for $5. Should we open a "Squidward costume for ND" paypal fund?

oh and in "oh thank goodness" news, good roommate says evil roommate will pay the rent and move out by March 1st. Yay!

Sweet! Hey Kristin, I found out how we can pay for a nice vacation!